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9/2/2020 Indian, Himalayan & Southeast Asian Works of Art | Sotheby's

Indian, Hi ma layan & Southeast Asian Works of Art
New York |22 Sep 2020 | 12:00 PM EDT

Lot 348

A GREY SCHIST FIGURE OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUN I, ANCIENT REGION OF GANDHARA , KUSHAN
PE RIOD, 2ND/3RD CENTURY
Estimate: 50,000 - 70,000 USD

PROPERTY OF A LADY
A GREY SCHIST FIGURE OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI
ANCIENT REGION OF GANDHARA, KUSHAN PERIOD, 2ND/3RD CENTURY

Height 19 in. (48.2 cm)

the Buddha seated in dhyanasana on a throne of kusha grass, with wavy hair pulled back and tied around the ushnisha, the face in
meditative repose, the drapery falling in a u-shape across the broad shoulders, a triparte debate in the base of the throne flanked
on either side by devotees

Provenance
German Private Collection, 1960s
Sotheby's New York, March 24, 2010, lot 4
Private American Collection

Catalogue Note
The present sculpture shows the Buddha in an expressly frontal pose gazing directly out in meditation. Although the face bears a
serene expression, the square shoulders over the symmetrical arms and knees supported by a rectangular base displays an
intentional formality. The overall patterning too shows a deliberateness with the geometrical folds of the robes, the even waves of
the hair and the uniform hatch marks of the kusha grass. In effect, the consistency of tone and methodical arrangement of the
Buddha seated on his throne presents him with a resolute steadiness and self-possessed strength.

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